Kick!
This was the main skill interruption for Bandits, and it was fairly easy to use it. It was one of the cheapest skills that did not cost much, but it was incredibly useful once Bandit players had learned it.
AdorkableTong did not deal with the Bandit bounded by the Fire Totem in order to prevent the second Bandit from reaching the third platform. Although the Bandit was slowed down, Tong and the Bandit were quite close in distance, and the Bandit landed a kick on her chest before she could unleash her second magical skill.
Tong’s skill was interrupted and she tumbled over from the force of the kick.
Bone Spear!
Qin Fengyi’s Bone Spear shot at the Bandit, but the Bandit was obviously very skilled.
Shadow Step!
The bone spear only whizzed through his shadow, not causing any damage to him.
His figure disappeared in a split second before appearing behind Fengyi’s back.
If the Bandit managed to land a few hits on Fengyi, she would not be able to withstand the attacks since her class had weak defense.
The Bandit was lucky, but his luck ended here. Just as his dagger was a few centimetres away from the back of Fengyi’s head…
Another dagger glowing in green had already pierced the back of his head.
Sneak Attack!
ShadowDancer appeared behind the Bandit and used Sneak Attack, the Bandit was stunned for at least three seconds.
Backstab!
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ShadowDancer’s dagger left a shadow cast as he quickly and violently pierced his dagger into the Bandit’s back, huge amounts of blood pooled out from the gashes.
Throat Slice!
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What followed next was a steady barrage of attacks at the Bandit’s vital points. Fengyi came back to her senses and used Poison Nova.
A round, circular green magical bomb exploded from the center of her body. With ShadowDancer’s poisonous and bleeding effects from his attacks, damage figures popped up from the Bandit’s head.
-2 -5 -6 -3 -5 -6 -4 -8 -5…
Fengyi took two steps forward to get out of the way, and ShadowDancer’s figure was already in front of the Bandit.
Vicious Strike!
The Bandit was just about to regain his consciousness and was struck unconscious again. Although the knockout effect of a Vicious Strike was not as good as Sneak Attack, it was already enough to decide his fate.
A Lighting Arrow and Bone Spear pierced into the Bandit’s body. The Bandit fell onto the ground, his soul disappeared with a white light.
“Big Brother, be careful! One of the Bandits has reached your side!” Tong warned worriedly.
Now that the rope bridge was broken, it was impossible for them to help out.
“I know, you guys pull up the ropes of the upper and lower passageways and cut off the rope bridges that link the first and second platform. If they want to take advantage of me, I’ll let them not find their corpses after they resurrect.” Li Yao said steadily as he carefully dealt with the Boss.
“Roger that.” Tong replied angrily. “That b*stard that fell down is lucky!”
ShadowDancer’s face was full of savageness. “I won’t let him get away that easily, I’ll guard his corpse.”
It was not easy to look after a Bandit’s corpse, but ShadowDancer was downright confident.
After a player had died, if the player’s soul could not find his body he would have to resurrect at the graveyard. If the player were to resurrect at the graveyard, he would lose one level of Exp points, wasting a day of effort in leveling up.
“Check for me what are the identities of the Bandits you’re fighting with.” Li Yao said, his heart was blazing with fire. Very few guilds would disrupt other players’ stage clearance, thus Li Yao was careless and he did not prepare for it at all.
“What else is there to check, they must be from Getaway Studios!” Flames sparked in Tong’s eyes.
“We have to check first.” Fengyi also suspected that they were from Getaway Studios
Viewers in front of the TV and fans from the live broadcast blew up the live chat, they were furious and scolded these Bandits for being so shameless.
“I checked the IDs of the Bandits, one of them is called KillingWithoutReasoning, and the other is called ImKillingYou.”
“I’ll remember their names. What the hell, this is an official stage clearance, and they actually dare to make a sneak attack, do the administrators not care at all?”
“Report them!”
“Yes, we should report them for sabotaging the match.”
Regardless of how the fans and viewers reacted, Li Yao did not care and paid no attention to them. After all, this map was open-for-all, and they had to complete the entire stage clearance for the first time to legitimatize this map into a stage. Now, they were in a public map and anyone could enter.
For example, members of Getaway Studios were on the opposite side of the map clearing Level 5 stages, and there were still many players down the corridor to protect their squads from being disturbed by invaders.
After the side stage was cleared, a stage door would appear on the map a day later. At that time, squads could only enter the mirrored maps. Hence, the first stage clearance was full of uncertainties, and there would usually be people guarding around the map.
When Li Yao noticed that the palace was spotless without dust, he frowned slightly. It was not easy to detect the presence of Bandits in this kind of terrain, and he also had to deal with a Boss that was seven levels higher than himself.
This Bandit’s was surprisingly patient, as if he had no intention of making a single move at all. This was the smartest way to wait for the best timing to attack, but on the other hand it was pressuring Li Yao. Bandits were the most unscrupulous and feared when they were in Stealth.
“Five seconds until the Boss’s Swing Kill.”
Li Yao silently calculated the cooldown timing of the Boss’s skills, he then found himself at the edge of the stairs.
Li Yao leaped backward across the staircase. Trusting his own judgement, the Bandit was already in the palace. By bringing the Boss down the stairs, he might be able to draw the Bandit out to move again, only then would he have a chance to spot the Bandit.
Li Yao swiftly landed on the ground, and his body was already not far away from the statue of the Sun King located at the center of the platform.
The Boss that transformed into his Ghost Hunting Spider form spewed out spider webs that stuck to the top of the temple, it began swinging its gigantic body back and forth like a swing.
Earlier, its skill was interrupted by Li Yao before it could even get up. Now, Li Yao did not launch a single attack, instead he tried to evade the Boss that looked like a small mountain of flesh.
Based on his judgement, the Boss was on top of the staircase, and the Bandit dared not get down.
For this reason, he unleashed a wave of Arrow Rain on the left side of the staircase, and placed a Snake Trap and Spike Trap on the right.
The absence of the Bandit’s silhouette proved his judgement right.
Then, he quickly placed an Explosive Sheep and commanded it to leave his side.
Seeing that the Boss was swinging in his direction, he squinted his eyes and a Heavy Crossbow appeared in his hand.
He quickly pulled the trigger, and the steel arrow pierced through the tight spider web. The web was originally dangling and ready to rip, but it instantly broke when the tip of the steel arrow pierced through it. The Boss’s humongous body involuntarily shot out like a meteor and was about to crash into Li Yao.
Li Yao quickly used two Shadow Flips to get away from his position.
Rumble…
The Boss’s fleshy body crashed into the Sun King statue that was behind Li Yao, the impact was so intense that if felt like the planet Mars had crashed onto Earth.
“F*ck! Is he even human?”
This time, all of the viewers could clearly understand what was happening without the need for commentary. Liao Yuan was able to shoot the web with his Heavy Crossbow at that critical moment. The spider web was strong and thick, and the steel arrow was only as thick as a finger. It was extremely difficult to shoot it by using a Heavy Crossbow at such a long distance with just an arrow.
“Which player is the best in the art of ancient god’s archery?”
“I’m not convinced by any other players’ archery skills other than Liao Yuan’s.”
“That was perfect! Is he an athlete?”
“Stop it, why isn’t the Bandit out yet?”
The Baelidae spider that had collided with the Sun King statue was stunned and knocked unconscious, and a crown of stars appeared on its head. This was the indication that the Boss had fallen into dizziness.
The Sun King statue was crashed into pieces. Li Yao did a few Shadow Flips and found the Sun King’s hands that were still intact. By using both his hands, he grabbed the Creator’s Hand along with a handful of debris. From afar, nobody noticed that the Sun King’s arm was placed inside Li Yao’s backpack.
‘It’s finally in my hands.’
Li Yao remained expressionless, he quickly threw the debris and dust in his hands upward into the air. The debris showered down.
Li Yao had his attention fixated on the direction of the stairs, he saw the stone chips falling in a rather peculiar manner, as if they had landed on top of something.
Li Yao casually placed an Arrow Tower, and the tower shot at the direction.
With a clank, the Bandit parried the steel arrow with his dagger.
The figure of the Bandit appeared, he was unmasked, and his face was full of shock and disbelief.
But his reaction speed was quick, the coldness in his eyes flashed and his figure began to blur.
Without even thinking much, Li Yao held a pistol with his left arm, turning and firing at the same time.
Bang…
The Bandit who had just appeared behind Li Yao with a dagger raised, ready to stab Li Yao, suddenly got down on one knee.
“You think you’re worthy enough to kill me? How naïve.”
Li Yao did not hold back at all, the rapier in his right hand stabbed into his aorta like a viper strike, he then quickly pulled out the rapier.
Poof…
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Bright, fresh blood splattered everywhere. The Bandit fell to the ground with a humiliated and resentful look.
“So, it’s two hundred and fifty damage points.”
Li Yao did not even bat an eye on his corpse, he picked up the dropped dagger and put it into his backpack. Then, he continued to attacked the Boss who was still dazed, as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.
“What the f*ck? You can kill someone like that?”
“Please teach me your way master Liao Yuan! How did you spot the Bandit?”
“Are you blind? Did you not see the shift in the stone chips falling when they fell on the stealth mode Bandit?”
“They say that Bandits are the Achilles heel of Hunters, but why is it the other way round when it comes to Liao Yuan?”
“This Skill Break is awesome! So, it turns out Hunters can counter Bandits with this method, now I know how to deal with Bandits.”
“You know my *ss, it may seem simple when Liao Yuan did it, but did you see him slaying the Bandit like he was slaughtering a chicken? Moreover, Liao Yuan can solo a Boss without receiving damage, do you really think you can understand his strategy well? Do you seriously think you can do whatever that he does?”
“I can do the typical ones if I try.”
“Everything seems to be right on track now, I’m looking forward to the Boss’s loot.”